1986_11 The Daily Collegian November 1986

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Salone soon to be father
By Sabrina Kelley
Uhuru Editor
There is life after basketball, according
to ex-FSU»basketball star.Brian Salone.
Brian says-^JTmisses thc lime light of
basketball buy is glad that it over so that
he can concentrate on graduation. Salone
says, its more important that the college
athletes of today 'focus on being studious
and then being anathlete.'
His major objective for entering FSU
was to obtain a degree in Psychology with
an emphasis in Sports Psychology. Brian
wants to council and advise athletes.
Brian says it is important for 'brothers' to
give back to the Black community. 'Every¬
one should have a since of social respon-
sibilty. we must be able to give back.
Whether it be giving financial assistance
lo underprivilaged students or just simply
givirfg your time.
Brian says that the media gives brothers
a bad rap. 'Wc:re more than just come¬
dians and athletes. We are professionalist
and we can succeed. I enjoy success stories
ol athletes who excel! in the classroorri as
well aryhe court. Without a sound
education it's almost'impossible to have a
meaningful career; actually your cheating
yourself? '
Brian is a prime example of a young"
Black achiever. Brian has done well in
athletics and is equally achieving in the
academic area. But, just in case you didn't
know. Brian is soon entering into father¬
hood. Brian married Bernetha Hall, who
is an advertising major, on Aug. 9. 1986.
They are expecting their 1st baby any day
now.
'Expecting a baby causes much per¬
sonal adjustment. I had to learn how to
handle beinga husband, havinga job.and
going to school. It's great! I'm really
excited.
Brian works for an event management
company where he is supervisor of the
Fresno Chapter. Brian attributes his
success to FSU; saying that the moral
background of FSU. the Christian at¬
mosphere and the hard work provided the
discipline he needed to be a success.
Ex-FSi basketball player Brian Salone is entering fatherhood.
Glenn Moore/ The Dally Collejtian
Young Black urban professionals
by Sabrina Kelley
Uhuru Editor
Buppies are well educated, upwardly
mobile blacks aged 25-40. Harold Cruse.
?xoiesso^6% History at the University of
Michigan and author of Thc Crisis of the
Negro Intellectual, adds that Buppies are
'the recipients of the civil rights movement'.
Statistics confirm Cruse's assertation.
According to the National Urban League,
between I960 and 1980 thc number of
college educated blacks over 25 has nearly
tripled from 7 to 20 percent over the past
decadcthe presence of blacks in professional
and managerial occupants has increased
55 jjercent^
^Buppies are young blacks who are some
what apathetic toward black social concerns.
Many Buppies don't have the understanding
they should have for blacks who'haven't
made it'.
Black urban professionals* buppies) aJlienate
themselves from the black community
and their ethnic back ground in order to
Buppies abandoning roots
be accepted in to the white society.- What
Buppies don't realize is that we. as blacks,
are a distinct group by large. No matter
what our economic status is.
It is possible for minorities to becorporate
and concious. A good example is the
Jews.Jews as a minority in America have
been the modle por excellence of the
ability to achieve 'the ambitions of the
mainstream, but at thc same time not
loose sight of their group identy and
difficulties of the under class.
The major complaint of society is that
Buppies aren't giving back to. the black
community. Advocates of Buppieactivisim
argue that in their low-key ways Buppies
ace doing just that. But in many respects
Black America has become stagnant, and
the gap is widening not only between
black and white, but between blacks who
have and blacks who have not.
Young blacks who are climbing the
social ladder are content to exist in a well-
financed twilight zone, as long as current
government edicts don't jeopardize their
pocket books. Their sole concern is the
next BM,W. When I check out the sorry
state of the kids in the minority school
districts in Fresno and in other cities, and
when I check out Reagan's policies concerning
minority education, I wonder how so
many blacks can be so unconcerned. They
must be living in some kind of fantasy.
It's not that they don't give back to the
' black community, it's just that they giver
back using the utmost discretion: Because
Balck Urban Professionals are concerned
with public appearence they are more
than likely to donate money to black
causes instead of marching; or protesting.
And, most young successful blacks once
thev have reached certain economical status
leave their communities. Welt; hov does
'this effect poor, underdViviliged blacks
with no direction. They usually end up
worshiping the crack dealers and street
husslers that seem to have all of the visual
aspects of'making it'.
Thtfte is more dispersion with the young
black intellect. More* and more Buppies
are outside ofthe traditional boundries of
the black community. This leads to the
dismantling of the black community, so
instead of the black community being a
physical environment, it has become a
state of mind.
Now that Buppies are better equipped
to compete economically with whites in
the job market, in some repect the stakes
are higher than in the past. Many young
blacks don't realize that the young whites
they associate with are still 'the Man'.
They are the ones taking over the reins
from their fathers and grandfathers.
Even if Buppies are dealing effectively
See BUPPIES, page 6